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whatever facts we got wrong, we apologize for. I've expressed regret for the loss of life and the violence that put American troops in harm's way. I'm getting a lot of angry e-mail about that, and I understand it.

There is a heavy buildup of troops on both sides of the border. It has been quite bad in the last three weeks. I think there is some cause for concern.

There is a heavy build-up of troops on both sides of the border. It has been quite bad in the last three weeks. I think there is some cause for concern.

The purposes are lost. They need to come home. Right now, they're sitting ducks and our troops are going to die in vain.

We try to help veterans who are having trouble getting benefits. We're concerned about troops sent to Iraq without oil to lubricate their guns or correct body armor for their vehicles.

We told him to withdraw his troops from Iraq, because the occupation is only promoting more radicalism and new acts of terrorism.

Today, in honour of our troops and in many ways to honour our veterans in this year of the veteran, we raised that flag,

have not done what the Pakistan government has done -- put troops along the border and prevent terrorists from escaping out of Afghanistan into their country.

Having analyzed the situation, NATO has called for these reinforcements, and nations have already responded to this call, ... We will have enough troops to deal with the problems in Kosovo.

Having American troops coming into houses at night really antagonized Iraqis. The U.S. military didn't understand the culture it was working with.

He's been a pretty reliable guy. The troops like him, and he connects pretty well with the public,

There are no precise figures right now and the reason is that the number of troops we'll have to commit for a peace implementation force will depend on what type of peace agreement we are able to win, if we win a peace agreement, if we succeed.

How ya gonna find out if they're fresh troops if ya don't wake 'em up and ask 'em?

There are tens of thousands of interactions every single day across Afghanistan between the Afghan troops and International Security Assistance Force. On most of those, every single day we continue to deepen and broaden the relationship we seek.

I was looking for a nonpartisan discussion that would help me understand better how I could help get our troops out sooner and win this war,

John Kerry's attacks today were baseless. He said American troops did not secure the explosives, when the explosives were already missing.

John Kerry's attacks today were baseless, ... He said American troops did not secure the explosives, when the explosives were already missing.

I think it's going to be an amazing opportunity for the people of America to show their elected officials we mean business when we say we want our troops home,

I think it's entirely reasonable to talk about the possibility of withdrawal of troops next year but it's got to be always conditioned by the fact that we withdraw when the job is done,

I think it's been the topic of conversation for everyone.... If the U.S. is hit again, how are we going to handle it? Our troops are all over the place.

I think it's been the topic of conversation for every one... If the U.S. is hit again, how are we going to handle it? Our troops are all over the place.

I think it's been the topic of conversation for every one. ... If the U.S. is hit again, how are we going to handle it? Our troops are all over the place.

I think you've got to take your shot and hope for the troops to rally behind you.

I think the fact that people choose to reprint the cartoons could put our troops in danger.

I think we do need more troops over there and have for a long period of time. The people who make those decisions do not agree with that.

I think we have to at least openly consider at what point we can bring our troops home or, at least, to begin to bring our troops home. Not only from the point of view of making sure there is support from the American people for this continued effort but also to consider whether the large presence of American troops here could contribute to or feed the insurgency and whether in any way it makes it more difficult for a government of national unity to be created.

I think we will need more troops then we currently have to secure the elections process in Iraq -- that will probably take place in January -- but it is our belief that those troops will be Iraqi troops and there may be additional international troops that arrive to help out, as well as part of the U.N. mission. So I don't see need for more American troops, but we can't discount it.

I think all they were doing was talking to the troops and letting them know what to expect,

I thank Turkish officials for their decision not to send troops to Iraq. Turkey is a friendly country, and I want a new page to be opened between us.

It had to go through a lot of channels, including the Pentagon, and there were times it seemed like it wasn't going to happen. But I'm glad it did because it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. The troops thanked us for being there, but they gave us more than we gave them.

It has been an incredible year for me, ... When I got back, I had a meeting and told my team, 'If you can be as disciplined and focused as our troops over there, we could be a potential national champion.'

It is important to help the troops stay healthy as they help others,

It is increasingly clear that the intelligence and the facts were indeed fixed around the policy, and we sent our troops to war under dubious pretenses,

It is inconceivable that military commanders would permit their troops to cross an international border without explicit political authorization to do so. That clearly would be a decision solely for your Government,

It is a significant gamble to assume that troops in our U.K. Armed Forces would volunteer for a Scottish Defence Force.

I think there is a concern that it will be perceived by the troops themselves as a lack of respect for the sacrifice they're making.

Koizumi's victory means Japan will now, more than ever, take orders from the United States in its foreign policy -- including keeping troops on in Iraq.

Last night, (Yugoslav) President (Slobodan) Milosevic made what he called a peace offer. He said he was starting to withdraw his troops from Kosovo,

I see it as a slow Rwanda. No one is prepared to take the necessary action. We knew that the AU troops couldn't do the job, but so far there has been nothing but talk - the UN is preparing for this or that, but nothing is being done yet.

People are concerned. It's gone on longer than we thought. The violence is larger than we thought it would be. People are worried about our troops over in Iraq,

People are just anxious when troops are in harm's way. That anxiousness extends to other areas.

Pakistan is doing a lot more than they were doing, ... They have put thousands of troops on the border. ... I think this is a considerable effort. It is going in the right direction.

Pain is at this time a feeling shared by the entire nation. But we also feel pride for the courage and humanity with which our troops ... have worked and still work to make the situation tolerable for children, women, the elderly and the weak who live in that martyred region.

Our state has been a bastion of support for the president, ... Idahoans have stood at his side in his support of our troops and his work to help the national economy recover.

Our goal is to get our troops home sooner.

Our troops in Iraq are not a force of occupation. They are a peacekeeping force operating under the aegis of the United Nations,

Our troops have become the primary target of the insurgency. ... We have become a catalyst for violence. It's time to bring them home.

Our troops have become the enemy. We need to change direction in Iraq.

Our troops deserve nothing less than the best possible protection. They need to know that not only is the best equipment being provided to them, but that it is being done in a timely manner,

Our troops deserve better than to hear Kerry's campaign pushing pessimism and lack of faith in the mission,

Our troops and the American people need the president to pay more than just lip service to a strategy for the war in Iraq, they need him to lay out what that strategy is with clear markers by which success can be measured,

Redeployment is a regular exercise undertaken after a review of the situation in the state. Last year we reduced troops voluntarily.

Recently, it has been reported that U.S. troops are conducting military operations in Iran.

Real strength is telling the truth when troops are being killed, and one year later a lot of Americans realize John Kerry had it both right and consistent about Iraq and this president's still got it dead wrong.

President Bush wants the troops home as soon as possible, but the U.S. will not cut and run from terrorists.

President Bush must accept that he has to change course, reject the notion of an open-ended commitment in Iraq, and finally develop the plan that allows our troops to begin to come home.

President Bush is going to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq. That no longer seems in doubt. The question is: How does he plan to do it? Which troops will come out first? How quickly? Where will they go? Under what circumstances will they be put back in? Which troops will remain, and what will they do? How will they keep a profile low enough to make the Iraqi government seem genuinely autonomous yet high enough to help deter or stave off internal threats? Who will keep the borders secure, a task for which the Iraqi army doesn't even pretend to have the slightest capability? What kinds of diplomatic arrangements will he make with Iraq's neighbors -- who have their own conflicting interests in the country's future -- to assure an international peace?

Patriotism is one of the core values of the NWTF. We are indebted to our troops and veterans and honor them in any way we can.

Our neighbor Canada has 2,200 troops serving in Afghanistan. Canada has also assumed responsibility for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar, which was originally established by our own military.

Our military is doing everything it can to equip Iraq's forces so our troops can come home as soon as possible, but we cannot leave until the job is done.

Our Michigan troops are sacrificing so much for us serving our country and serving far away from home and family.

Some Iraqi troops aren't willing to fight for their government. But many Shiites appear willing to fight for their religious leaders.

Listen, there are differences of opinion about the way forward, ... I understand that. Some Americans want us to withdraw our troops so that we can escape the violence. I recognize their good intentions, but their position is wrong. Withdrawing our troops would make the world more dangerous and make America less safe.

It fills me with pride to have a chance to spend some time with the troops who are doing this work in Kabul, to spend some time with the general, to congratulate him on a job well done,

It doesn't really matter how good they are or how they're struggling or whatever you might say. We've got to figure out a way to get our troops ready to go again and get the confidence back in them.

It doesn't matter as far as the foreign policy goes. But, it matters for the message for the troops, this is all about them. Whether we believe in the job they're doing over there or whether we don't believe the job they're doing over there, and at this point I'm very disappointed that the City of La Crosse is going toward that they don't believe in the job the troops are doing.

I thought it was great for Fort Riley. You know a lot of these troops have just come back from Iraq and they'll have a big parade out there. It'll be a nice event.

I thought Iraq was the wrong war at the wrong time and have been fighting to get the Administration to stop its failed policy and bring our troops home.

Joint operation of Afghan army, police and US-led coalition troops is going on in the area.

Maybe it is a secret as to when you are leaving to go to war, but when you are coming home is something that I think our troops need to know.

I'm here to tell you that military families support our troops AND their mission ? in spite of what people like Cindy Sheehan say. Cindy Sheehan certainly doesn't speak for me, our military families or our men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan .

We need more troops with a clearer mandate to protect civilians.

We need more troops to defeat 'The Illusion of Failure' in Iraq....29 million should do it.

We now know that the American people were given inaccurate information about the reasons for invading Iraq. We now know that our troops in Iraq were not given the best body armor or the best intelligence.

We need American troops to intimidate our neighbors.

The absence of any kind of timetable is not fair to our troops and their families. It's making the American people increasingly anxious. And it's hurting, not helping, our Iraq policy and our broader national security strategy.

The Afghan government strongly condemns this act of terror, and will not rest until the perpetrators of such attacks are brought to justice. The Afghan government and people are grateful for the dedication and courage shown by Canadian and other multi-national troops in helping us secure the volatile Southern belt of the country.

The Americans know better than anyone that their troops in the region and in Iraq are vulnerable. I would advise them not to commit such a strategic error.

The armored battle group that will deploy brings important qualities of extensive training, experience and hard-edge combat capability. It is not the case, as is often implied, that there are 130,000 U.S. troops that could take on this task, ... In fact, fewer than a third of U.S. forces in Iraq have the requisite combat capability, and of those even fewer have the armored capability that is needed.

The American people are demanding a comprehensive plan and the benchmarks by which to measure our success for the war in Iraq, ... The president's continued refusal to provide that plan does nothing to support our troops or their families.

The American people and our brave troops deserve better than a photo-op for the president and a pep-rally about Iraq. They deserve a plan. Unfortunately, today's event only served to highlight the fact that the president refuses to engage in a frank conversation about the realities on the ground,

That's too much to ask of anybody to adjust to that. But now, they have to adjust to the fact that their mom is always gone. But they know that they are sacrificing and we are sacrificing to bring the troops home and to make sure it never happens again.

I would agree that Saddam Hussein was bad, but I don't know that invading or sending troops over there, and the amount of troops that we have, is completely necessary.

My children told me what was going to happen to our troops if we went into Iraq before the war, ... They said we'd lose one or two soldiers a day by sniper fire until we pull out of there. They were right.

Most Americans want our troops home by the end of 2006. But that's far too late. Every minute that we wait, more blood is spilled. George Bush still continues his evil rhetoric that he is waging a war on terrorism, and he is really waging a war of terrorism against the world.

Merkel is not going to send troops to Iraq, and nobody expects her to. What Washington cares about is that countries take their share of responsibility in the world.

will not make a decision on sending U.S. troops until we have an agreement in hand and can evaluate whether it meets the conditions President Clinton has outlined.

When it comes to a question of the safety of our troops, I don't think we should have any question at all. For our members to move a piece of legislation, they have to have confidence that we do no harm, that we actually make sure that our troops are safe.

You always get higher support for things like 'military action,' because that could just mean bombing, as opposed to sending troops or going to war.

We are thrilled to have Rascal Flatts, currently the hottest group in country music, associated with our efforts to educate the public as to the special needs of our men and women in uniform, and their generosity in wearing the bands at their appearances and concerts has done a great deal to help us bring our message to their fans and friends about how to support our armed forces. In addition, their kindness in bringing a large number of bands along with them to distribute to the troops in the Persian Gulf is just another example of their enthusiastic support. Rascal Flatts is definitely a band for freedom.

Well, I think to see American troops in an American city is, you know, the sum of all of our fears,

We must not recall our troops because a band of assassins have demanded it,

We must not forget that there is a war on and our troops are in the thick of it,

We have agreed. They (Pakistan) have agreed to withdraw troops from the present positions. There is no two opinion about it, both sides have agreed

We have caused the guns to fall silent. We have caused the armies to withdraw. There are large numbers of IFOR troops in an around Sarajevo and the suburbs. We cannot guarantee individual safety to every Serb living in Sarajevo,

We have more people saying we have to get our troops out now and more people saying what they hadn't been saying, which is we may not succeed.

VALOR, n. A soldierly compound of vanity, duty and the gambler's hope.""Why have you halted?"" roared the commander of a division and Chickamauga, who had ordered a charge; ""move forward, sir, at once.""""General,"" said the commander of the delinquent brigade, ""I am persuaded that any further display of valor by my troops will bring them into collision with the enemy.

Troops from Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base are nobly answering the call of duty, separated from their families, friends, and loved ones.

Troops are there to provide humanitarian support. There is no reason the Self Defense Forces should withdraw from Iraq. We will do our utmost for those people to be released unharmed.

Troops are facing a dark time in Iraq but we won't quit,